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Bill	VEH CD-MEMORIAL PLATES:PARENTS	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to the surviving spouse and parents (instead of surviving spouse, or, if no spouse exists, the parents) of a police officer or firefighter who has died in the line of duty. Effective January 1, 2013.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4982	Illinois HB 4982 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2012-02-03	2012-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/10347481-211a-4865-8426-148e2e89d4eb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4982&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64877&SessionID=84&GA=97	33eca7ffcff16fc5e8c8b6af2af90e8b4a4e6b9883c34a58964ed0fbc9b37ab2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4982 (97th) — VEH CD-MEMORIAL PLATES:PARENTS

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to the surviving spouse and parents (instead of surviving spouse, or, if no spouse exists, the parents) of a police officer or firefighter who has died in the line of duty. Effective January 1, 2013.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 109–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2012-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
• 2012-02-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2012-02-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
• 2012-02-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2012-02-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2012-02-17 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2012-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2012-03-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2012-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-05-01 Do Pass Transportation; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2012
• 2012-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2012
• 2012-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2012 reading-3
• 2012-05-28 Third Reading - Passed; 047-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0947 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10347481-211a-4865-8426-148e2e89d4eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).